Nargiz Pashayeva
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AzerbaijanNargiz Pashayeva | |
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Nərgiz Arif qızı Paşayeva | |
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| Born | December 13, 1962 |
| Citizenship | Azerbaijan |
| Education | Baku State University Faculty of Philology (1978-1983) |
| Spouse | Altai Sadiqzadeh |
| Children | Aida Mahmudova Ulviyya Mahmudova |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | philology, literary criticism |
| Institutions | Lomonosov Moscow State University`s Baku branch |
| Thesis | Artistic aesthetic perception of the person in modern Azerbaijani literature (2004) |
Nargiz Arif gizi Pashayeva (Azerbaijani: Nərgiz Arif qızı Paşayeva; born December 13, 1962) is an Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Honorary member of ANAS (since May 2, 2017), vice-president of ANAS (since June 8, 2018), Doctor of Philology, rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University's Baku branch, head of the Nizami Ganjavi Scientific Center of the University of Oxford,[2] from the Azerbaijani side, chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the British Foundation for the Study of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, permanent member of Chancellor's Court of Benefactors of University of Oxford.,[3] co-chairman of the Anglo-Azerbaijani Society.[4]
Early life and education
Nargiz Pashayeva was born on December 15, 1962, in Baku. From 1968 to 1978 she studied at the secondary specialized music school named after Bulbul. In 1983, she graduated from the faculty of philology of Baku State University with honors. At the same time, she entered the postgraduate study and successfully completed her thesis and defended dissertation on "Sabir's Innovation".
On September 23, 1987, she was awarded the degree of candidate of Philological sciences. Then Pashayeva began working at the same faculty as an assistant, lecturer, head lecturer, and finally docent. In 2004, she successfully defended her doctoral thesis on the topic "Artistic aesthetic perception of the person in modern Azerbaijani literature" (based on the creativity of People's Writer Elchin). Afterwards on February 11, 2005, Pashayeva was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philology, and on March 30, 2005, she was awarded the title of professor. In 2006–2008, she worked as a prorector of International Relations at Baku State University. Since 2006, Pashayeva is a Chairman of the Dissertation Council.
Pashayeva is also a member of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers since 2007. On June 23, 2008, Nargiz Pashayeva was appointed the Rector of the Baku branch of the Moscow State University, named after M.V.Lomonosov under Presidential Decree. Her main activity is related with this educational establishment.
On February 27, 2019, Nargiz Pashayeva was elected academician (foreign member) of the Russian Academy of Education on the recommendation of academician V. Sadovnin.[5]
Personal life
Nargiz Pashayeva is from one of the most prominent and popular families in Azerbaijan. So that her grandfather was the noted Iranian-born Azerbaijani writer Mir Jalal Pashayev. Her uncle Hafiz Pashayev was Azerbaijan's first Ambassador to the United States and the founding rector of the ADA University. Pashayeva's father Arif Pashayev is the Rector of the National Aviation Academy in Baku, and her mother, Aida Imanguliyeva (1939–1992) was a prominent philologist and Arabist, daughter of the prominent journalist and pedagogue Nasir Imanguliyev.[6][7] Furthermore, her sister is the current First Lady of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Aliyeva.
She married Altai Sadiqzadeh, an Azerbaijani artist. Her daughter Aida Mahmudova is also an artist and supporter of contemporary art.
